Archive for September 2019
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING N FROM JACKSON BLVD GROUND LEVEL ON SIDEWALK E SIDE OF MICHIGAN – ESPECIALLY NICE BUILDING PANORAMA – PEDESTRIANS – CARS – CTA BUS PULLED UP – THE COKE SIGN – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING UNDER CONSTRUCTION (JUST A HINT ABOVE ART INSTITUTE ROOF AND THROUGH TREES) – I DON’T KNOW, BUT IT “FEELS” LIKE A SATURDAY – A VERY APPEALING PHOTO WHICH STRONGLY CAPTURES TIME AND PLACE – 1953 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – RIVER AND WACKER DRIVE AT WABASH BRIDGE (BOTTOM CENTER) AND SURROUNDINGS – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING E – NOTE: RAIL YARD AND SHEDS ALONG N SIDE OF RIVER AND HYDROX ICE CREAM SIGN JUST BEHIND – JEWELERS’ BUILDING ON RIGHT (1927) – WRIGLEY BUILDING (1924) LEFT CENTER – TINTED – LATE 1920s 1 comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON STREET – E FROM 5TH AVE (NOTE: FROM 1879 TO 1912, WELLS STREET WAS CALLED 5TH AVE, A NAME YOU WILL SEE ON OTHER POSTCARDS – THE STREET HAD GAINED A BAD REPUTATION AND WELLS WAS NAMED FOR A CAPTAIN KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF FORT DEARBORN SO THE RENAMING PROTECTED HIS REPUTATION AND REVEALED SOMETHING ABOUT THE CITY’S SENSIBILITIES FOR SURE) – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED VIEW – CABLE CARS – WAGONS – VOGELSANG RESTAURANT – CROWDS – TINTED – c1905 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – WELL-DRESSED WOMAN PLEASANTLY PEEKING THROUGH HER SCARF ON AN UNKNOWN STREET – I LIKE THE SMILE IN HER EYES – EARLY STAGE OF THE GREAT BLIZZARD OF 1967 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – VERNON AVE N OF 71ST STREET (NOTE THE 7 WAS WAS WRITTEN REVERSED) – GRAND CROSSING NEIGHBORHOOD – A FAIRLY REPRESENTATIVE STREET IN A NUMBER OF SOUTH SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH PARKWAYS AND TREE-LINED – TWO- AND THREE-FLOOR BRICK WALK-UPS (NOTE: HALF-BASEMENT APARTMENT WINDOWS LOWER RIGHT) – BRICK WAS THE CITY’S DOMINANT BUILDING MATERIAL – 1913 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – LA SALLE AND MADISON – THE RED ROOM – THE VERY HEIGHT OF OLD-FASHIONED BELLE ÉPOQUE HOTEL ELEGANCE – ITS ONLY REAL COMPETITOR FOR THIS QUALITY WAS I THINK THE BLACKSTONE – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL LA SALLE – LA SALLE AND MADISON – THE EAST ROOM – VERY NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE HOTEL – ENTRANCE – NIGHT – NOTE: INSTEAD OF EARLIER “HOTEL LA SALLE” IT HAS BECOME “LA SALLE HOTEL” – LA SALLE AND MADISON – 1960s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON STREET BRIDGE – CHICAGO RIVER – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED – CROWDED WITH PEOPLE WAGONS HORSES – NOTE THE BRIDGE-TURNING STRUCTURE RIGHT BOTTOM IN THE RIVER – TINTED – 1906 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER – WASHINGTON STREET BRIDGE RAISED – STEAMER AND TUG BOAT – WATER LEVEL – TINTED – 1915 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – WACKER DRIVE AND CHICAGO RIVER – AERIAL LOOKING E TOWARDS LAKE – TINTED – 1931 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HOTEL BREVOORT – 143 MADISON STREET – GROUND LEVEL FROM ACROSS STREET – TINTED – 1910s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – STATE STREET – LOOKING N FROM MADISON GROUND LEVEL – CROWDS – TWO TYPES OF STREETCARS – CARSON PIRIE SCOTT DEPARTMENT STORE ON RIGHT EDGE – MANDEL BROTHERS’ DEPARTMENT STORE CENTER RIGHT WITH RED-AND-WHITE STRIPED AWNINGS – TINTED – c1920 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MADISON STREET – LOOKING W FROM STATE STREET – ELEVATED – MCVICKERS THEATER – STATE MADISON BUILDING WITH CLOCK (N W CORNER ON STATE) – MARQUEE AT LOWER RIGHT IS MANDEL BROTHERS’ DEPARTMENT STORE (N E CORNER ON STATE) – PART OF SERIES FOR CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1933 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – BOULEVARD LINK CONNECTING LAKE SHORE DRIVE AND UPPER MICHIGAN AVE – AERIAL PANORAMA LOOKING S – DRAKE HOTEL – OAK STREET BEACH – NAVY PIER IN DISTANCE ON LEFT – TINTED – NICE VERSION – 1944 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE FLAMINGO APARTMENT-HOTEL (A FAIRLY COMMON COMBINATION IN THE PERIOD) – 55TH STREET AT THE LAKE – DINING ROOM – FOOD SHOP – SODA FOUNTAIN – 144 APARTMENT SUITES – 16 HOTEL ROOMS WITH BATH – OPENED 1927 – TINTED – 1928 2 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – DREXEL BLVD – WASHINGTON EQUESTRIAN STATUE – HANDSOME APARTMENT BUILDINGS ACROSS THE STREET – STREET LEVEL – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – INDIANA AVE AND 54TH STREET – HANDSOME APARTMENT BUILDINGS – 1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – COLONIAL HOTEL – MONROE AND 63RD STREET – 1908 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE LOOKING N FROM RIVER – NIGHT – AERIAL – MAX RIGOT – TINTED – VERY NICE VERSION – LATE 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – AUTOMOBILE SHOW – PACKARD CONVERTIBLE 1950 – BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED-UP MODEL STANDING NEXT TO IT – ELABORATE STAGING BEHIND AS THOUGH FOR A MUSICAL PRODUCTION – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CTA SKOKIE SWIFT COMMUTER TRAIN AT DEMPSTER STATION – EARLY MORNING HOURS – LIGHT SNOW ON THE GROUND – PHOTO HAS A KIND OF ROMANTIC FEEL TO IT I LIKE – 1974 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – CHICAGO RIVER BRIDGES ALL UP AS IN SALUTE – FOR UNKNOWN BOATS – WATER-LEVEL VIEW – 1972 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MISS CHICAGO 1926, MAE GREENE – JUDGING BY HER SASH THE CONTEST WAS HELD AT THE BEAUTIFUL TRIANON BALLROOM – HER CROWN WAS DESIGNED MUCH ALONG THE LINES OF WOMEN’S FASHIONABLE HEADGEAR OF THE 1920s – NOTE: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WHAT THOSE FASHIONS LOOKED LIKE, SEE “CHUCKMAN’S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: 1920s ARCADE CARD BEAUTIES – THEIR CHARM AND GRACE AND WHIMSY” AT: https://chuckman1920sarcadecardbeauties.wordpress.com/ Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE TAP ROOM – STEVENS HOTEL (THEN THE WORLD’S LARGEST HOTEL – OPENED 1927 – IT BECAME THE CONRAD HILTON IN 1945) – 720 S MICHIGAN AVE AT CONGRESS – PEOPLE AT TABLES AND BAR – I LOVE THE TONE OF THIS PICTURE – IT RESEMBLES A FUN MOVIE SCENE – NICE VERSION – c1940 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – FIRST 3-WHEELER POLICE MOTORCYCLE – THESE BECAME A COMMON SIGHT IN THE 1950s (IN THE MID-1960s MY BROTHER BILL HAD A USED ONE – HE ONCE RODE IT TO TORONTO FOR A VISIT – I BOUGHT HIM A HELMET AND SENT IT TO HIM WITH “BEAST” IN SMALL GOLD DECALS ACROSS THE FRONT) – SHOPPING CROWDS – STATE AND MADISON – IN BACKGROUND ON LEFT IS I BELIEVE THE STATE-MADISON BUILDING WITH A PART OF ITS BEAUTIFUL OVERHEAD CORNER CLOCK VISIBLE – IF SO, WE ARE LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – 1948 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE – LOOKING NW GROUND LEVEL IN GRANT PARK ACROSS FROM BLACKSTONE HOTEL – ART INSTITUTE IN DISTANCE ON LOWER RIGHT – NOTE NO TREES ON EDGE OF PARK – DRAMATIC CLOUDS – TINTED – c1910 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE TOM JONES RESTAURANT – 175-177 JACKSON BLVD AND 118-120 QUINCY STREET – BEAUTIFUL PROFILE PORTRAIT OF ACTRESS OR SINGER NAMED CLEO – EMBOSSED – 1904 PORTRAIT Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – RANDOLPH STREET STATION – CHICAGO SOUTH SHORE AND SOUTH BEND COMMUTER TRAIN – SNOW ON GROUND – PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – 1964 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MICHIGAN AVE BRIDGE – LOOKING N ELEVATED FROM S SIDE OF RIVER – TINTED – 1920s Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – MILWAUKEE AVE AND BELLE PLAINE AVE – SLIGHTLY ELEVATED LOOKING TOWARDS PORTAGE THEATER (4050 N MILWAUKEE) AND SIX CORNERS – STREETCAR – CARS – NICE VERSION – 1924 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – THE RIENZI – CLARK AND DIVERSEY BLVD – SUMMER GARDEN RESTAURANT – OUTDOOR CONCERTS – c1910 Leave a comment
ARCADE CARD – CHICAGO – JOKE CARTOON OF WOMAN ON STREETCAR NEAR STEPS AND MAN MISSING THE GRAB-BAR HANDLE TRYING TO GET ON – EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY OF CHICAGO – A HUGE PUBLISHER OF VARIOUS KINDS OF ARCADE CARDS – LIKELY 1920s Leave a comment
TRANSFER – CHICAGO – CHICAGO SURFACE LINES (CSL) STREETCAR – CENTURY OF PROGRESS WORLD’S FAIR – 1933-34 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GEORGE HESSBERGER’S HEIDELBERGER FASS RESTAURANT – 4300 LINCOLN AVE – 4 IMAGES – “YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME” – “MIT GOOD GERMAN FOOD UND DRINKS” – 1977 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GOLDEN OX RESTAURANT – 1578-80 CLYBOURN AVE – “ON NEAR NORTH SIDE” – “RECOMMENDED BY DUNCAN HINES” – FIVE IMAGES INCLUDING ZITHER PLAYER – NICE VERSION – TINTED – 1951 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HARRY’S NEW YORKER – 400 N WABASH – DINING ROOM AND DANCE FLOOR INTERIOR – “ONLY THREE FLOOR NIGHT CLUB IN THE WORLD” – “FOUR FLOOR SHOWS NIGHTLY” – “ELEVATING STAGE” – 1940s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – MATH IGLER’S CASINO RESTAURANT – 1627-29 MELROSE STREET – “HOME OF THE SINGING WAITERS” – 4 IMAGES AND MAP – TINTED – 1956 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – HARDING’S PRESIDENTIAL GRILL – 109 W MADISON – “JUST WONDERFUL FOOD” – “SERVICE 8 AM TO 9 PM DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY” – “MOUNT RUSHMORE” AND A DINING ROOM DO SEEM AN ODD COMBINATION TO ADVERTISE – OTHER HARDING’S RESTAURANTS (HARDING’S WAS A SMALL LOCAL CHAIN) DID NOT TAKE SUCH AN APPROACH AND THEY HAD PRETTY GOOD FOOD – TINTED – c1960 Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – EVENING WITH COLORED LIGHTS – 1953 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – APARTMENT BUILDING – BACKYARD FIRE ESCAPES – NOTE CLOTHES LINES – LOCATION UNKNOWN – WE CERTAINLY DIDN’T HAVE THAT KIND OF SET-UP IN ANY OF THE APARTMENTS WHERE I LIVED – 1956 – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER – SEE READER COMMENT ABOUT LOCATION 1 comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – PRINCESS MARY HARTLINE – IN A COSTUME ON A SET FOR ONE OF HER TELEVISION SHOWS FOR CHILDREN – SHE BECAME A BIG EARLY TELEVISION STAR – WE THOUGHT HER DELIGHTFUL – EARLY 1950s Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – CRAB APPLE TREES NEAR MICHIGAN AVE IN BLOSSOM – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL – NOTE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING UNFINISHED – IT OPENED AT THE END OF 1955 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – BUCKINGHAM FOUNTAIN – LOOKING N GROUND LEVEL TOWARDS PRUDENTIAL BUILDING – PART OF “CITY BEAUTIFUL” SERIES – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – GRANT PARK – FLOWER BEDS – GROUND LEVEL LOOKING NW – PART OF “CITY BEAUTIFUL” SERIES – c1964 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – LA SALLE THEATRE – 137 W MADISON – STAGE SCENE OF PLAY “THE FLIRTING PRINCESS” WITH ADELE ROWLAND AND HARRY PILCER AND THE THEATRE’S “PERFECT SHOW GIRLS” – 1909 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – JACQUES FRENCH RESTAURANT- 900 N MICHIGAN – THE CHATEAU ROOM – INTERIOR FILLED WITH PEOPLE – UNDOUBTEDLY A POSED PHOTO WITH MODELS – JUST LOOK AT SOME OF THE WOMEN’S HAIRSTYLES – “A FAVORITE FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS” Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – YE BALTIMORE INN – RESTAURANT DINING ROOM INTERIOR – QUINCY STREET BETWEEN STATE AND DEARBORN – TINTED – 1914 Leave a comment
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – KITTY BUCKLEY RESTAURANT – 2415 CARMEN AVE – “CONNOISSEUR OF GOOD FOODS” – EXTERIOR STREET LEVEL – ORIGINALLY THIS WAS A COTTAGE ON FARMLAND – SHE WAS STILL IN BUSINESS IN 1961 WHEN THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE DID A REVIEW – OPENED IN 1924 – 1920s 3 comments
POSTCARD – CHICAGO – ZUM DEUTSCHEN ECK RESTAURANT – 2914-2924 N SOUTHPORT AVE – “IMPORTED BEERS ON TAP” – “SING-ALONG ON FRIDAY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHTS” – 1969 Leave a comment
CUP – CHICAGO – HENRICI CAFETERIA – BEFORE HE HAD A RESTAURANT ON RANDOLPH, PHILIP HENRICI STARTED A COFFEE SHOP ON STATE STREET ACROSS FROM MARSHALL FIELD’S – I DON’T KNOW WHETHER THE CUP IS FROM THERE – BUT THE RESTAURANT WAS CALLED A CAFE AND NOT A CAFETERIA AS WE SEE ON THIS CUP’S LOGO – WHATEVER THE CASE, HENRICI’S WAS ONE OF THE CITY’S MOST BELOVED SPOTS FOR DECADES – I BELIEVE MAYOR RICHARD J DALEY USED TO HOLD BREAKFAST MEETINGS THERE Leave a comment
TOKEN – CHICAGO – EDELWEISS RESTAURANT – 104-106 MADISON – FIVE CENTS – YOU CAN SEE A SIGN FOR EDELWEISS ON A NUMBER OF OLD POSTCARDS Leave a comment
PHOTO – CHICAGO – GAYETY THEATER AND ITS ADJOINING CANDY AND ICE CREAM SHOP – 9205 S COMMERCIAL AVE – SOUTH CHICAGO NEIGHBORHOOD – SNAPSHOT – GROUND LEVEL FROM ACROSS THE STREET – NOTE: TYPICAL OF MANY SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD THEATERS WITH THEIR CANDY SHOPS AND/OR SODA FOUNTAINS – IT WOULD BE HARD TO OVEREMPHASIZE THEIR IMPORTANCE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES – THERE IS NOTHING COMPARABLE TO THEM TODAY – URBAN SOCIAL LIFE AND STREETSCAPES HAVE SUFFERED GREATLY FOR THE CHANGE – LATE 1940s – EDITED FROM AN UNKNOWN PHOTOGRAPHER 1 comment
CHUCKMAN'S PHOTOS ON WORDPRESS: CHICAGO NOSTALGIA AND MEMORABILIA 